1. HONORÉ1 MAYRAND1 was born Abt. 1580 in France1, and died Unknown in France1. He married (1) MARIE ARTAULT2,3 January 1607/08 in Ars-en-Ré, Ile de Ré, Vendee, France4,5. She was born WFT Est. 1583-1593 in France5, and died Bef. January 11, 1632/336,7. He married (2) MARGUERITE ARRIVÉ8,9 January 11, 1632/33 in St-Etienne, Ars-en-Ré, Ile de Ré, Vendee, France9. She was born 1580 in France9, and died Unknown9.
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[L' Association de la Famille Mayrand-P.GED]
Nos Ancestres by Gérard Lebel
Translated by Tomas J. Laforest, Vol. 6, Chapter 15, Pages 168 to 175
René Maillot dit Laviolette
Let them sing as long as they Pay!" said Cardinal Mazarin some 350 years ago. (1) He was speaking to the Parisians who were outraged over his fiscal policies, inventing all sorts of satirical chants and jokes in protest. In order to reaffirm royal authority during the minority of the Sun King, this celebrated Cardinal of Italian origin, imposed heavy taxes on the people, resulting in an uprising known as the war of the Fronde. Overpowered by this conflict, which only ended in 1653, the French readily accepted a more stable absolute monarchy.
Ten years later, Minister Colbert, (2) Mazarin's successor, also had to face a pressing need for money. He resolved his crises by increasing the tax on salt. Known as la gabelle, this impost duty was described as follows:
"The sale of salt was a State monopoly, except in a few provinces, and severe penalties were enacted against dealers in contraband salt. The salt tax was violently unpopular, its levy gave rise to harassment and sometimes troubles. Additionally, it was not uniformly administered, depending on whether the provinces were "grande gabelle" or "petite gabelle", salt marshlands or exempt lands. Fraud was easy and universally practiced, therefore, a veritable army of salt-tax collectors was perpetually on the alert against the dealers in contraband. The penalties applied for fraud were often terribly severe.
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Occupation: Salt Maker9
Child of HONORÉ MAYRAND and MARIE ARTAULT is:
